Yup, it was a pretty nice first day back home.
Family, friends, horses, dogs, fall colors, blue skies, cookies and coffee at a sisters' celebration--- life doesn't get much better than that.
Bill and I did our best to keep ourselves going on three hours' of sleep and a case of jet lag.
We succeeded, finally relenting to the exhaustion and collapsing into bed for the night and, happily, some quality sleep.
Attending a great afternoon gathering at Barbara and Laurie's horse barn and arena certainly helped the process along.
The purpose for their party: to celebrate this year's horse show achievementa with some of their horses and to provide visitors the opportunity to meet other horses.
Dusty and Pache took lead roles among the Tibbs Arabians stable horses.
After visiting with folks for a while, Barbara and Laurie saddled up their two Nationally award-winning geldings, rode them into the arena from the south doorway and proceeded to put on a light clinic about Western dressage for guests who were seated around the arena's north end.
My sisters, both retired teachers, sprinkled entertaining anecdotes in their primer on basic the basics of dressage and more specifically, the fast-growing sport of Western dressage.
Throughout the presentation, Laurie demonstrated some of the general expectations of a dressage test aboard Pache who had given her several award-winning (Top Ten) rides at the recent Arabian Sport Horse Nationals in Nampa.
It was informative and fun to watch these veteran horse women, who have developed into a fine-tuned team, share their knowledge and their experiences.
Twas also fun reconnecting with friends whom we sometime don't see for months or even years on end and getting acquainted with some new faces.
The 3.5 mile drive to my sisters' farm also offered some stunning vignettes of fall in the country at its very best.
So, today, after that night of decent sleep, we'll get back into some semblance of our normal routine, maybe watching a little Seahawks football from London, doing some more visiting and just plain enjoying a glorious time in our little piece of Heaven back home here in Selle.
Happy Sunday.
Throughout the presentation, Laurie demonstrated some of the general expectations of a dressage test aboard Pache who had given her several award-winning (Top Ten) rides at the recent Arabian Sport Horse Nationals in Nampa.
It was informative and fun to watch these veteran horse women, who have developed into a fine-tuned team, share their knowledge and their experiences.
Twas also fun reconnecting with friends whom we sometime don't see for months or even years on end and getting acquainted with some new faces.
The 3.5 mile drive to my sisters' farm also offered some stunning vignettes of fall in the country at its very best.
So, today, after that night of decent sleep, we'll get back into some semblance of our normal routine, maybe watching a little Seahawks football from London, doing some more visiting and just plain enjoying a glorious time in our little piece of Heaven back home here in Selle.
Happy Sunday.
1 comment:
OH, MY GOD!!!! CLOSE UP. lol.. it was a great day.. very informational.. great to see your family.. you with the picture taken... Kevin filling some.. and watching the girls as they explain it all to those of us who don't show and more..
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